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Born and raised in North Carolina. I'm both a fan of grits and oatmeal. I like my grits salty and my oatmeal sweet.
Yes, yes, yes, and yes. That's +4.
ok rural North Carolina checking in here.
Grits should be mixed with you eggs and salt and pepper to taste. They have little to no flavor themselves but are a great mixer. If you try to sweeten them in anyway then unfortunatly you are forever marked as a northener. Adding cheese or sausage or bacon if ok and even desired but grits are NOT nor should they ever be treated like cream of wheat.
Another NC native here. Grits should be savory. They're good with just butter and salt but if I want a real treat I crumble up some bacon and shredded sharp cheddar in them. Mmm mmm, delicious. I understand that some deep south types like shrimp and grits but to me grits are for breakfast and seafood isn't. YMMV.
...and I don't understand the appeal. Why do southerners love it so much?
Eat it in a high-class Italian restaurant, where they'll call it polenta and charge you ten times as much for it. Then you'll have to like it.
So...errr....what IS a...a grit?
Where I am, it's what they're spreading on the roads, to beat the ice...
Like THAT is going to work - wotcha Bob - long time no post! Looks like tomorrow's game might be off...
For the record - I hate grits. The texture is horrible! Too... gritty.
Well it is something you either like or you don't. I'm not trying to convince you to eat grits. I can't stand nori wrapped sushi for example, no matter how many times people tell me it's good.
OMG!!! But... "it's so good!" :)
A grit is a tiny pulverized piece of cornEvery time we watch My Cousin Vinnie and Joe Pesci says "what is a grit?" I have to endure her saying "That's you! Dumb yankees!"So...errr....what IS a...a grit?
Where I am, it's what they're spreading on the roads, to beat the ice...
So... its just cornmeal?
Edit: Ahhh its just corn based porridge. Grits
Much less exciting then I had thought it would be.
So... its just corn meal?
Yes, but usually white cornmeal instead of yellow. Medium grind.
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Another NC native here. Grits should be savory. They're good with just butter and salt but if I want a real treat I crumble up some bacon and shredded sharp cheddar in them. Mmm mmm, delicious. I understand that some deep south types like shrimp and grits but to me grits are for breakfast and seafood isn't. YMMV.
Indeed. Grits are always savory. I had a friend try to put jelly in her grits. I restrained myself from knocking the jelly packet out of her hand. Instead, I simply commented on her actions. She claimed her grandmother was the one who taught her that grits should be sweet. Unfortunately for her, after a visit to her grandmother, she reported that she was told grits are always savory.
I absolutely love grits. But then, I love most southern food. Which is odd for a boy who grew up in Central Ohio.
Born and raised in North Carolina. I'm both a fan of grits and oatmeal. I like my grits salty and my oatmeal sweet. Don't cross the streams!
Born in NJ but raised in NC and I totally agree. Like a certain quote from Clerks 2, you never go sweet to grits. Butter and/or bits of bacon in my grits is awesome. And it's around dinner-time for me, and I may just cook breakfast for dinner tonight now. :9
I didn't eat grits till I was 27. They rule! Oatmeal is good, but it's no grits!
(Born and bred Yankee here too, who woulda thunk? I'm partial to biscuits and gravy and chicken-fried steak too ..)
My Southern grandma hadher grits with a little butter and molasses. Didn't do anything for me.
I usually fix grits with a little bacon drippings, some grated sharp cheese, some crumbled cooked (American) bacon, and a pinch of red pepper flakes. Serve it up with some blackened shrimp or clackened bass/tilapia/catfish in a cast iron skillet and mmmmmmmm.
...and I don't understand the appeal. Why do southerners love it so much?You probably had them plain jane. If you eat them like that they are too bland. My mother adds garlic, cheese, and jalapenos to them and they are delicious.
I had them plain once as a kid and was unimpressed. Flash forward decades...
I tried again a couple weeks ago. I made grits with sauteed bell peppers, a little hot sauce, garlic fake sausage. It was quite good and the grits made for a great base.
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...and I don't understand the appeal. Why do southerners love it so much?You probably had them plain jane. If you eat them like that they are too bland. My mother adds garlic, cheese, and jalapenos to them and they are delicious.I had them plain once as a kid and was unimpressed. Flash forward decades...
I tried again a couple weeks ago. I made grits with sauteed bell peppers, a little hot sauce, garlic fake sausage. It was quite good and the grits made for a great base.
Oh man, I'll have to try that.
I've had grits with butter, grits with lots of pepper, grits with bacon and scrambled eggs, grits with tabasco, grits with cheese, and any combination of that. Good stuff.Yes, I don't mind oatmeal, but grits are better. Reminds me more of rice in some ways. :-)
Yes, I don't mind oatmeal, but grits are better. Reminds me more of rice in some ways. :-)
I don't even compare grits and oatmeal.
Apples and oranges, man. Apples and oranges.
You're all mad. I'm starting the Porridge Liberation Movement to overthrow the hold that grits has on so many. Don't worry. I'll save you all.
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Charleston, South Carolina checking in!
Make your grits with heavy cream and a stick of butter and you'll start to see the appeal a little more I think :)
Also, try a good plate of shrimp and grits with a tasso ham gravy and you'll sing a new tune.
My personal favorite comfort food of all time is grits, bacon, and scrambled eggs. It was what my grandmother always made me in the morning when I went to visit. To this day I mix the eggs in with the grits, crumble the bacon on top, and mix thoroughly. A bite here or there will be scooped onto a piece of thin toast, which will also serve to clean the plate at the end of the meal. Nothing is better.
I think that's probably the root of grits' appeal for me actually. It's the memories. In different parts of the country and from family to family there's that dish that just says "home", be it lasagna, chicken and dumplings, barbecue, etc.
For myself and many other Southerners that food is grits.
And from Myrtle Beach SC, I second this..... Nice Avi BTW. :)
I tried again a couple weeks ago. I made grits with sauteed bell peppers, a little hot sauce, garlic fake sausage. It was quite good and the grits made for a great base.
Okay, I have to ask. What does fake sausage consist of, anyway?
I tried again a couple weeks ago. I made grits with sauteed bell peppers, a little hot sauce, garlic fake sausage. It was quite good and the grits made for a great base.Okay, I have to ask. What does fake sausage consist of, anyway?
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+1I tried again a couple weeks ago. I made grits with sauteed bell peppers, a little hot sauce, garlic fake sausage. It was quite good and the grits made for a great base.Okay, I have to ask. What does fake sausage consist of, anyway?
During the blockade of World War I, the Germans developed 160 different forms of artifical sausage. I suggest you start by asking them.
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I've been occupying management positions in the south for 10 years now. Grits continue to befuddle me.
My wife, who is a pure Queens New Yorker maintains that grits are the direct result of a post Civil War economy of scarcity as is most southern "cuisine."
Ya got nuthin'--ya eat grits. Regional pride makes you swear it isn't wall spackle but actually substantial and appealing fare.
::Ducks incoming grits barrage::
During the blockade of World War I, the Germans developed 160 different forms of artifical sausage. I suggest you start by asking them.+1I tried again a couple weeks ago. I made grits with sauteed bell peppers, a little hot sauce, garlic fake sausage. It was quite good and the grits made for a great base.Okay, I have to ask. What does fake sausage consist of, anyway?
You want us to ASK the artificial sausage?
What am I? The sausage whisperer?
I read this thread a couple days ago. Went to Wal-Mart and bought some oatmeal (sorry, I'm a fan, gotta have fruit). When checking out the gal said "And what's the deal with oatmeal anyway?" I said, "you're a grits person, aren't ya?" Just kinda funny how th conversation came up after the thread...
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I tried again a couple weeks ago. I made grits with sauteed bell peppers, a little hot sauce, garlic fake sausage. It was quite good and the grits made for a great base.Okay, I have to ask. What does fake sausage consist of, anyway?
I've found this one quite tasty.
Well I tried to cause the universe to explode this week. I had grits, scrambled eggs and southern ham one night for dinner, and then the very next night I had a hot pastrami on rye and a potato knish.
I'm not entirely sure its the universe that is exploding. ;)
I've lost five lbs this month ;)
During the blockade of World War I, the Germans developed 160 different forms of artifical sausage. I suggest you start by asking them.+1I tried again a couple weeks ago. I made grits with sauteed bell peppers, a little hot sauce, garlic fake sausage. It was quite good and the grits made for a great base.Okay, I have to ask. What does fake sausage consist of, anyway?You want us to ASK the artificial sausage?
What am I? The sausage whisperer?
I demand a video satire of you as the sausage whisperer. I will pay you $5 to make it. $15 total if up sell me all rights. You must calm down an anything but tame sausage.
And to answer Urizen's question, as Adam linked to above there are plenty of textured vegetable protein sausages out there for vegetarians and heart health conscious folks. It may be regional, but here in NY the major supermarkets all sell around three different brands of non-meat sausage, and some of those brands offer multiples types, links, patties, italian, bratwurst, all kinds of gourmet change-ups in ingredients.
I've found that the only fakemeat - as I've been calling them since the 80's - that seems to always outright impress even those most vegetable hating meat and potatoes scarfing friends of mine has been the bacon. We all knew that the four universal forces were the strong and weak nuclear forces, gravity and electromagnetism. But it turns out that bacon is the unheralded fifth. For even its soy based mockery brings 'em home a runnin'.
Based on this thread, I tried grits for the first time this morning---
My personal opinion: they have no discernible taste whatsoever, and the texture is a little, well, gritty. For me, I think I'll stick to oatmeal.
Come over to the Porridge side of the force, my friend. You won't regret it. It's delicious over here. And nutritious.
Based on this thread, I tried grits for the first time this morning---
My personal opinion: they have no discernible taste whatsoever, and the texture is a little, well, gritty. For me, I think I'll stick to oatmeal.
My grits aren't gritty at all. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong. They don't call them smoothes after all.
I prefer to use them as a base for something else. I'm not a fan of bland, thus pancakes... I never got why people like eating a lot of bread in the morning. Eating pancakes plain is its own layer of hell.
Come over to the Porridge side of the force, my friend. You won't regret it. It's delicious over here. And nutritious.Based on this thread, I tried grits for the first time this morning---
My personal opinion: they have no discernible taste whatsoever, and the texture is a little, well, gritty. For me, I think I'll stick to oatmeal.
Don't listen to him, Andrew. He's part of the Goldilocks Rebellion.
I'm not from the U.S., so maybe I'm missing something, but what's the difference between grits, oatmeal and porridge?
I'm not from the U.S., so maybe I'm missing something, but what's the difference between grits, oatmeal and porridge?
Grits = made from cornmeal, also known as polenta
Oatmeal = made from, well, oats. I prefer steel-cut oats to the more common (and bland, IMHO) rolled or instant oats.Porridge = Can be made from a wide variety of substances, usually thinner than grits or oatmeal.
Thanks! :D
I'm not from the U.S., so maybe I'm missing something, but what's the difference between grits, oatmeal and porridge?
And you all forgot Cream of Wheat!
I'm not from the U.S., so maybe I'm missing something, but what's the difference between grits, oatmeal and porridge?And you all forgot Cream of Wheat!
Thats a grotesque image, what's that?
Thats a grotesque image, what's that?I'm not from the U.S., so maybe I'm missing something, but what's the difference between grits, oatmeal and porridge?And you all forgot Cream of Wheat!
It falls into the porridge category.
I'm not from the U.S., so maybe I'm missing something, but what's the difference between grits, oatmeal and porridge?And you all forgot Cream of Wheat!
Malt-o-Meal! (I'll have mine with a little brown sugar and maple syrup, thanks.)
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You want us to ASK the artificial sausage?
What am I? The sausage whisperer?
You have to get closer,...yes...that's it.
Get close to the sausage...Kneel down...lean forward...stay calm. Don't frighten it.
Breathe steadily.
In. Out. Aaand in again.
Now blow gently. Gently!
As if you're whispering sweet words of comfort to it.
Tell it it's a good sausage.
It's been a very good sausauge and you love it.
It may raise its head slightly, to look around, but that's normal.
Just keep doing what you're doing.
Oh yes.